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By Anna Kaminski TOPEKA — An anonymous tip accusing a Chinese-American chemist and researcher of espionage spurred the University of Kansas into action, notifying the U.S. Department of Justice and building a case against its own employee, Feng “Franklin” Tao said in a lawsuit. Tao was a tenured chemical engineering professor at KU in 2019 […]

  Hello, and welcome back. So far in this series, we’ve explored what foreign interference is and how individuals can better protect themselves. Today, we’ll look at a broader question. What role do our institutions play? Community organizations, educational institutions, and the media all help shape public trust. That makes them an essential part of

  Hello, and welcome back. In our first episode, we explored what foreign interference is. Now let’s turn to an equally important question: What can ordinary Canadians do to help protect themselves—and strengthen Canada’s democratic resilience? The answer begins with one simple habit: Think critically. Every day, we’re surrounded by information. We read news articles,

Border, Freedom, and the Changing Canada–U.S. Relationship in Ying Wang’s Documentary THE BORDER   South of Vancouver, Highway 99 runs toward the United States and ends at a white archway. One side of the arch stands in Canada and the other in the United States. Inscribed within it is an almost idealistic wish: “May these

By Sylvie McNamara    Lily Qi grew up in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution, under the authoritarian rule of Mao Zedong. When she emigrated to the United States in 1989, she thought she’d escaped China’s moribund economy and stifling society for better opportunities abroad; she started a family, earned several advanced degrees, and became one of the

Bruce Lee’s mother declares that she is a temporary resident of the U.S. in a document in the National Archives collection in San Bruno. National Archives   By Harry Mok   Anna Eng knew from family lore that her great-great-grandfather died in a mining accident in Nevada during the late 1800s. What was lacking were

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oimCLplQud8&t=38s The Out Museum held its grand opening with a rainbow-ribbon cutting in late May, timed to fall between Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage and Pride months, as the Associated Press reports. Located across from the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum, the bilingual Out Museum is currently open Saturdays and features work by artists

Abigail Hosler  The MSU anthropology chair published a book chronicling her grandmother who was named U.S. Mother of the Year in 1952 Andrea Louie poses for a photo with her book “Chinese American Mothering” inside of the Multicultural Center in East Lansing, MI, on June 11, 2026. — Photo by Cooper Schwartz | The State

By Randall Yip  Academy Award winning actor Ke Huy Quan and NBA World Champion Jeremy Lin took the stage recently to accept honors from The Asian American Foundation at the Javit Convention Center in New York. Both shared similar stories of doubt and despair as each acknowledged reaching a point where they were close to